3 year old and 6 month old...almost

Pardon the lack of organization in this post, but Blogger and I are not friends right now.

Sister picture fail!

My sweet family ready for church

Wow, things have been crazy at our house. I still haven't posted about our wonderful trip to San Angelo and Midland for Thanksgiving and I already have a big birthday party event to talk about!

We had Lena Kate's 3rd birthday party this past weekend, she will be 3 officially on the 19th. We had a fun little pink party with family and friends. The princess requested a chocolate cake with pink icing, so that is what she got! The sweet (most-of-the-time) girl got spoiled rotten. I must say she is really enjoying all of her new toys. She is rather fond of her new bike from Leelee and Paw. She rides it in circles through our house. The weather has been yucky, so inside it is-for now! Lena Kate such an entertainer. She loves to put on dance shows and play her new guitar. Her introduction line that she says into a microphone is, "a-hem. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to our dance show. Today is our dance show. Hit it!" It is so funny to watch. She has a funny accent that is 1/2 country and 1/2 Boston-ish. Examples: car - CAH, market, MAHKET. there - THE AIR. One syllable words have 3. She likes to run from monsters and the big bad wolf and well as playing chase with her cousin Charles. She loves to sing Jingle Bells. Lena Kate is very excited about Jesus' birthday and wants to "go to it" as well as to go see God. I got the girls a Fisher-Price Little People Nativity. She loves it and tells you about Ma-wee, Joseph, and Baby Jesus as well as the Wise Men. She told me the angel was a fairy at first, silly girl. We are enjoying her personality so much and can't wait to see what this next year brings to our smart little girl.

Here she is with her concentration face.

Miss Ainslee is almost 6 months old-where has the time gone! She is such a Mommy's girl and does not want me to put her down. She is a crier, yall! She likes to fake cough. Her hair is still a little crazy:) Ainslee loves to grab anything in sight and is a touchy girl. As I rock her to sleep (the only way she will go to sleep these days) she must reach up and grab my lip, nose, or stroke my chin. She will not take a bottle and pushes it away-good thing I can stick close to her. She wants food, but was not interested in cereal the few times I've tried to give it to her. I think she just wants to grab! She loves Missy and is very observant. Lane says she has anger management issues. The sweet thing can push up on all four and scoot around and I really don't think she is far from crawling. I'm hoping that will make her happier when she is on the floor if she can crawl around:)

We love these two girls so much and they love each other-what more could we ask for?! (a picture of them together would be nice, but not possible it seems)

We also had a fabulous Christmas with Lane's parents this weekend. We always enjoy their time here with us and the girls just love their Leelee and Paw. We went in to town for Smolik's BBQ on Friday night and were surprised that it was Christmas parade night. After we ate it was pefect timing for the parade, as small as it was. Lena Kate loved every minute of it and Miss Ainslee even stayed happy. Fun times in a small town abound.

Jam sessions with Paw-do you see the sweet Nativity on the table

And now for one of my favorite pictures of Lena Kate- pure joy!

Princess dress-up

Cruisin!